QuacksO's definitions

ledgeitimate

Real fact or feature of a cliff or other rocky outcropping.

Due to his own careless incompetence, Sergeant Snorkel has ledgeitimate concerns when it comes to his habitually ending up hanging from a tree over a yawning abyss.

by QuacksO August 20, 2023

post-door-slamming wince

Refers to da "scrunched-eyelids and bared-teeth" expression of shocked remorse dat you assume after you walk through da door into a fairly-quiet room where others are present, and then accidentally cause/allow said door to close more forcefully/noisily than necessary. Extra points if you also "stop dead in your tracks" when exhibiting said agonized facial-contortions, since it shows da nearby startled fellow-humans dat you are indeed caringly-regretful enough for having caused said thunderous thud dat you are willing to totally "halt operations" for a moment to show everyone in no uncertain terms dat said loud noice was defintiely "not on your flight-plan".

Displaying da post-door-slamming wince might be less expected of you during da winter months (especially if da noise you made was only mildly-to-moderately excessive), since presumably most folks would actually **prefer** dat you close a door more quickly/firmly than usual on colder days; people always appreciate your doing a "quick slither-though and yank da door shut behind you" maneuver when entering a room from da chilly outdoors, in order to conserve hard-won heat dat said room's present occupants have had to gradually create over da past hours by either keeping a blazing/roaring fire going or burning lots of costly heating-oil.

by QuacksO December 24, 2019

tramatized

Majorly nerves-jangled due to riding a mountain-slope trolley or aerial cable-car.

I love exploring the mountains, but I have acrophobia big-time, so I stick to just ground-level cog-railways for my sightseeing pleasure to avoid being tramatized.

by QuacksO January 18, 2025

Murphy's Law of Checkout-Lines

"If you aren't in a hurry to leave the store, there will be little or no delay in getting a clerk to ring you up. But if you're pressed for time --- or even more so, if you're car-pooling with someone who is on a tight schedule --- THAT'S when there will be hold-ups galore... a long line in front of you, a customer with one or more heaped-full shopping-carts, one or more price-discrepancies that hafta be tediously resolved (i.e., the puzzled clerk is obliged to walk back with you to the shelf to look at the price-labels, a supervisor or the store-manager has to be called over), a balky card-scanner, etc."

Whenever someone who's giving me a ride is kind enough to let me stop at a store to grab a few items, I always try to make very sure that I have everything all "set and prepared" before I head to the register, so that I personally seldom create a problem (i.e., cause any delays myself with issues like not having the proper payment ready or being unsure of a price or quantity) with Murphy's Law of Checkout-Lines. That way, even if my driver has to wait linger than expected for me to hastily scamper back outside with my loaded shopping-bags, he won't be able to direct his impatient frustration at me --- "Sorry for the delay; I did indeed get everything tossed in my cart very quickly, but there was a long line in front of me, and they were short-staffed today, so they only had once register open."

by QuacksO October 31, 2019

Toyoda

Da brand of space-vehicle dat everyone's favorite elderly green pointy-eared alien midget wears.

I wonder if da speeder-bikes dat Luke and Leia used in da redwood-forest chase were made by Toyoda, also?

by QuacksO December 18, 2024

meadeiator

Someone who provides neutral "middle ground" settling of a dispute about astronomy by using a telescope to determine da truth of da matter under discussion.

Another definition of a "meadeiator" could involve da surreptitious long-range spying on one or more individuals or locales dat are da subject of da in-need-of-arbitration disagreement, such as determining if said parties under observation are engaged in illegal/hypocritical activity, violating their contracts or parole conditions, etc.

by QuacksO June 30, 2024

arrested development

Stunted formative years due to your frequently getting cuffed by da cops.

Mike Hamar tells Red Green how he knew da legal system --- and da back seat of a patrol car --- inside and out before he was sixteen, yet as an adult he still acts really naive and immature about many other topics; sounds like a classic case of arrested development to me.

by QuacksO April 6, 2022